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Upcoming Events
September 4, 2009 - Join us for the Sonoma Wine Country Weekend with a Winemaker Lunch at the home of Bill & Gerry Brinton on September 4th...details here
Past Events
- March 1 - April 30,
2009 - Sonoma
Artist Tatiana McWethy displays a selection of new
and recent works in both pastel and oil at the
Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room & Gallery. Click here for more info and images.
- March 21, 2009 – 100 Doodles-100
Dollars- Palo Alto, CA- Charles Creek wines will flow
in support of the community group “Shakti Rising” on
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at the Smith Anderson Editions
Gallery in Palo Alto. The creative fundraiser calls
on 100 Celebrities (including Tom Hanks, Tom Robbins
and “Weird” Al Yankovic, to name just a
few) to contribute original artworks (doodles) that
will be taken home by the attendees at the end of the
evening. Click here for more info. http://www.100doodles.com/
- December 2 – February 26, 2009 – Sonoma Artist Erika
Schmitt displays her unique small works in paint and collage at
the Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room & Gallery. Click here for more info and images.
- December 12, 2008 - A reception for Artist Erika Schmitt with
cheeses and – of course – Charles Creek wines was held from 5 to 7 PM at the Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room
& Gallery. Click here for more info and images.
- December 12, 2008 - A tasting of selected
Library wines, available for purchase in magnum (1.5 liter)
format was held from 4
– 7 PM, overlapped with the Wine & Cheese Reception
for Artist Erika Schmitt (from 5 to 7 PM). For more info click
here
- October 2 - November 30, 2008 - Area Artist
Anthony Montanino returned to the Charles Creek Vineyard
Tasting Room & Gallery
with new and recent depictions of Wine Country. Click
here for more information and images from the show. To visit
Anthony Montanio's web site, click here.
- October 31 & November 1, 2008 - Charles
Creek met Charles Schwab at the 2008 Charles Schwab Cup
Championship Charles Creek Vineyard sampled current
vintages to with pair with offerings from local restaurants
during the annual Wine
& Food Festival portion of this PGA event. The food and wine
pairing was offered both days from approximately 12:30 to
4:30 PM.
- August 1 –September 30 - Local Photographer
Cathleen Francisco displayed her colorful Polaroid Transfer
prints at the Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room and Gallery.
- May 21, 2008 - Carneros Bistro and Wine
Bar, at the Lodge at Sonoma, partnered with Charles
Creek Vineyard for a sumptuous Winemaker Dinner on Wednesday,
May 21, 2008. Winemaker Kerry Damskey and Charles Creek
Proprietors Bill
& Gerry Brinton discussed the wines as they
are artfully paired with the innovative cuisine of Chef Janine
Falvo. Click here for
menu.
- January 15th - March 31, 2008 - Artist
Michael Holland returned to the CCV Tasting Room &
Gallery.
Click
here for more details.
Press
- December 2008 - Read interview with Bill Brinton on vinikitas
- wine view, reviews & interviews
- August 2005 - Click here for listing of Charles Creek Vineyard's
tasting room and gallery in The Diablo Guide.
- May 20, 2005 - Click here for "We get 30 to 50 people a day
visiting our tasting rooms, Brinton says" as featured in Business
Week Online.
- May 17, 2005 - Click here for "McWilliams and Brinton both
said that direct shipping to consumers is important business to
smaller wineries in Sonoma Valley." as featured in The Sonoma
Index-Tribune.
- May 17, 2005 - Click here for "U.S. court rules wine OK by mail" as
featured in Del Rio News-Herald.
- May 17, 2005 - Click here for "We turn down a lot of direct wine
sales everyday because of these laws," Brinton said." as featured
in the Los Angeles Times.
- April 15, 2005 - Click here for Charles Creek Vineyard's tasting room
and gallery reviewed by Wine Country This Week.
- March 8, 2005 - Click here for "Charles Creek Vineyard
proprietors Bill and Gerry Brinton have opened a brand-new Plaza
tasting room and gallery for Charles Creek Vineyard" as featured
in The Sonoma Index Tribune.
- January 19, 2005 - Click here for "When you think of winemaking if ever
you do, what images come to mind?" as featured in The
Dispatch.
- January 14, 2005 - Click here for "Virtual winery pops
cork...Can a few people make a winery? Charles Creek thinks
so" as featured in San Francisco Business Times.
- January 10, 2005 - Los Angeles Times article
entitled "Winemakers, Growers Fight Over 'Hang Time'" which
featured a quote from Bill Brinton: "We want the fruit to hang as
long as it possibly can," said Bill Brinton, owner of Charles
Creek Vineyard in Sonoma. "You get different flavors when you let
the grapes hang, and that seems to be what the public
likes."
- December 10, 2004 - Excerpts from an
interview with Bill Brinton in the San Francisco Chronicle
regarding the recent Supreme Court review of national wine
shipping and the freedom of consumers to choose. Click here to see segment.
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